The Pilots’ Fedex Complete the 2023 St. Jude Charity Build

Posted on June 5, 2023 by Nicole Smith in Uncategorized

The FedEx Pilots’ St. Jude charity car build is complete!

We support St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital annually by donating a kit to the Pilots of FedEx for a charity build. 100% of proceeds of the auction and any direct donations to this cause (please use the link below) will go directly to the St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital operating fund.

http://www.stjude.org/carbuild

https://www.stjude.org/…/from-surviving-to-thriving…

The build took 3.5 days with a 7-man team, which worked 30.5hrs (213.5 man/hours) from start to finish (see 44 second time-lapse video).

The Build Team that donated their time and travels included:

Ronald Everitt

Michael Everson

Shon Driscoll

John Beach

Kyle Jensen

Doug Forsythe

Mike Bray

St. Jude Staff:

Jd Peeples

Kevin Nienhuis

Thank you to all involved. We are very grateful for the opportunity to raise more money for St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital, and to know such great people who make this possible year after year!

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